Sava
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Sava is a name of Slavic origin, meaning “grandfather, old man”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Sava mean?
Slavic
“grandfather, old man”
A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Сава (Sava)
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sava a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sava has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Sava in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Sava in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Sava in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Sava, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Sava than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sava in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sava in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
Names like Sava
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Krishiv Vihaan Dhruva Avyaan Shaurya Veer Atharv Viraj Shraga Avi
Names related to Sava
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sava: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sava, updated 20 October 2026.